As a geometric term, parabola suggests a narrative trajectory or
story arc. In science fiction, parabolas take us from the known to
the unknown. More concrete than themes, more complex than motifs,
parabolas are combinations of meaningful setting, character, and
action that lend themselves to endless redefinition and jazzlike
improvisation. The fourteen original essays in this collection
explore how the field of science fiction has developed as a complex
of repetitions, influences, arguments, and broad conversations.
This particular feature of the genre has been the source of much
critical commentary, most notably through growing interest in the
"sf megatext," a continually expanding archive of shared images,
situations, plots, characters, settings, and themes found in
science fiction across media. Contributors include Jane Donawerth,
Terry Dowling, L. Timmel Duchamp, Rachel Haywood Ferreira, Pawel
Frelik, David M. Higgins, Amy J. Ransom, John Rieder, Nicholas
Ruddick, Graham Sleight, Gary K. Wolfe, and Lisa Yaszek.
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